Re: RIP Steve Jobs... What if he had never been?

[Kevin Cheli-Colando <billowhead@gmail.com>]

No offense, but this list strikes me as an attempt at being clever
that just comes off as pedantic rubbish.


    Steve Jobs did not create products. He created an organization
that predictably and reliably created emotionally resonant products.
    Steve Jobs did not make movies. He made a company that predictably
and reliably made blockbusters.
    Steve Jobs did not wrest market share from competitors. He created
new markets that attracted and sustained competitors.
    Steve Jobs did not design anything. He gave others the freedom to
think about what jobs products are hired to do.
    Steve Jobs did not re-engineer processes. He brought engineering
processes to works of creativity and the creative process to
engineering.
    Steve Jobs did not develop new management theories. He showed by
example that innovation can be managed.
    Steve Jobs was not a visionary. He put the dots together and saw
where they led.
    Steve Jobs was not a futurist. He just built the future one piece at a 
time.
    Steve Jobs did not distort reality. He spoke what he believed
would become reality at a time when those beliefs seemed far fetched.
    Steve Jobs was not charismatic. He spoke from the heart compelling
others to follow him.
    Steve Jobs was not a gifted orator. He spoke plainly.
    Steve Jobs was not a magician. He practiced, a lot.


Kevin

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Nah, Mr. Goodman's right — Steve Jobs didn't:
>
> http://www.asymco.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs-didnt/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Asymco+(asymco)&utm_content=Google+Reader
>
> (Enjoy)
>
> Best,
>
> Dennis
>
> http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin
> http://audiozoloft.com
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>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Sylvain Poitras
> <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ah, sorry, got to step in here.  Jobs didn’t MAKE anything.  He 
>>> evangelized> it.  When Wozniak was creating the Apple computer, Jobs 
>>> was hustling for the> money to keep making it.  He was a great 
>>> evangelist for Apple, a great> frontman.  But he didn’t ‘make’ 
>>> anything.>
>>
>> He made things happen.  He wasn't just hanging out with people who
>> made macs, pixar movies and NeXTCubes.  In fact NeXT and OpenStep are
>> probably his biggest legacies (these are things OS X are made of).
>> It's putting a lot of faith in coincidence to believe he didn't make
>> any of it happen...  he wasn't all about the money.   He founded NeXT
>> and I doubt he just hired a bunch of guys and told them " here's some
>> money, please make something awesome for me and I'll sell it very
>> well."  NeXT made some great computers (for the time) but I don't
>> believe they sold very well.
>>
>> Sylvain
>>
>>
>
>



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